Some sources treat the Bornean population as Gold-faced Barbet (Psilopogon chrysopsis). This entry is limited to a description and field observations that name that taxon in Borneo.
In 1871, Marshall and Marshall described Bornean specimens as Megalaima chrysopsis (Golden-faced Barbet) and said the sexes were alike. They described dark-green upperparts, a bright sulphur-yellow forehead, scarlet lores, black lines above and below the eyes, and a grey-brown throat and upper breast washed with light blue.
A February–March 2019 Borneo tour report records a territorial Gold-faced Barbet (Psilopogon chrysopsis) along the Borneo Rainforest Lodge entrance road and another perched on an open branch in a fruiting tree along a road in the Crocker Range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.